New on 730DC: Amidst a big union push at city coffeeshops, a former barista at the Wydown details why their workers were unionizing -- and how they could have helped management deliver a better product as well as a better workplace. Wydown Workers United medium.com/seventhirty-dc…

Issue No. 4 is out! Please read, comment, share, and help us amplify these brilliant writers and organizers. Always free to read on hammerandhope.org

SUNDAY: celebrate 730 Day Eckington Hall with 🌮, 🍺 from Right Proper Brewing + local nonprofs Spur Local DC Justice Lab our minds matter Teaching for Change, MothersOutreach DC Peace Team Shout Mouse Press HumanitiesDC & Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless ++ The 51st docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAI…

If the Post doesn't want local arts coverage...we do. Freelance writers, critics, artists, poets, essayists: You know what to do, and if you don't, we have instructions 🖊️🎨👇 medium.com/seventhirty-dc…

In need of new music to for summer's final hurrah? Check out today's Beats Me, Christina Smart 🇧🇲 reviews Oh He Dead's new album, Amari Newman reviews Fat Vaughn, I look at a new pop-punk track, Serena Zets gets summer vibes from Strutman Lane, and more washingtoncitypaper.com/article/747483…

Danez’s new collection is truly liberatory. Bluff shows us not only what poetry not can do, but what it should do. My review for The Brooklyn Rail's September issue is out now! brooklynrail.org/2024/09/books/… Graywolf Press

Sarah Marloff Washington City Paper WE LOVE WCP

I wrote about some fall events I'm thrilled about! See you in the pit (or the seated book talk audience).

We asked our music writers for their must-see shows this fall, and they delivered. From legendary Brazilian artists and up-and-coming indie rockers to local jazz-funk bands and Mariah Carey, you’re gonna wanna get tickets now. buff.ly/3Xy6PwX

.Serena Zets: “rolling back LGBTQ rights and worker protections would cause irreversible damage to the progress of these two intersectional movements impacting the millions of Americans building this country's future.” newsweek.com/lgbtq-labor-pr…

“The fight for a safe workplace is shared between LGBTQ people and workers and we must do everything we can to advance efforts to make our workplaces better and more inclusive.” Fierce and powerful words from Serena Zets in Newsweek today! newsweek.com/lgbtq-labor-pr…

Hear from early educator and program director Cassandra Brooks --> extreme heat places a strain on child care program facilities and poses risks to children’s health, learning, and development 🌡️

Remember kids, if a strike is inconveniencing you, blame the bosses, not the workers!

"The fight for a safe workplace is shared between LGBTQ people and workers and we must do everything we can to advance efforts to make our workplaces better and more inclusive." Great article from an NPEU member!

Haven't gotten a chance to take a look at the Homeless Crisis Reporting Project yet? 730DC put out a wonderful roundup this morning connecting all the stories we put out this week - go read it and subscribe! bit.ly/3BQZfEV